Railway-tie.



R; A. ONEALJ RAILWAY TIE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 22, 1913.

1,124,6%., Patentgd Jan. 12, 1915.

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WITNESSES:

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Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedJan. 12, 1915.

Application filed July 22, isia. Serial no. 780,563.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, RODOLPHUS A. ONEAL, a citizen of the. United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway- Ties, of which the following is a specificaticn.

This invention relates to improvements in metallic railway ties and has as its principal object the construction of such a device which will afford a resilient seat for the attached rail. It has been demonstrated by trial that the principal fault of metallic tics lies in the. fact that they resent an absolutely unyielding seat to t e rail, whereas wood gives a cushioning effect. 'This same eifect I aim to secure in a metallic tie by the novel construction employed.

A second object of my invention is to provide improved means for holding the rail without the use of nuts, clamps and like devices, a single turn buckle being suliicient to secure both rails, and at the same time allow them to be more easily replaced than with the present style fastenings.

With these andother objects in view my invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts as herein described and illustrated in the drawings forming a part of thisspecificationand as more particularly pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing a form without a resilicnt scat. Fig 2 is a view in plan of the ill!- proved tie with certain parts broken away to better disclose the construction. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of one end of atie show? ing the spring supported resilient scat. F1 g. 4 is a view insection across the said seat Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of a modified form of tie having means to prevent lateral movement of the halves. Fig. 6 is a view in horizontal section through this form.

Corresponding numerals refer to the same parts throughout the various views wherein the tie is shown constructed of the channel shaped secticns'l and 2, and in the preferred form of construction these sections have the lower flange 3 longer than the upper flange 4. The sections are held together back to back, the longer flanges adjacent forming a broad bearing surface which rests on the roadbed. I

In the web of eachsection central therewith I out rectangular opening 5 removing the metal except a short length on one end which bent outwardly to form an ear 6. A hole 15 provided in this ear through which is extended the headed rod 7. A similar rod 7 passes through a hole in the ear of the second channel one rod having right hand and the other left hand threads. \Vhen the channels are placed back to back these threaded ends extend toward the center of the alining rectangular openings and there engage with a turn buckle S. It will be seen that these rods are angularly disposed across the openings 5, so that when pulled up by the turnbuckle the tendency is to slide the sections along each other and also to draw the backs into closer contact. In the upper or short flange of each channel I form ears 9 for the purpose of holding the rail. These ears are formed by shearing through the metal of the short flange and then bending upward to conformto the base ofthe rail. As these cars are cut'and bent in the same direction on each section it will be evident that when the channels are positioned in the tie the adjaccnt curs will point in opposite directions and engage the opposite edges of the rail base, and when the turnbuckle is tightened these cars will be formed against the said base clumping it securely to the tic.

In the modified form shown in Figs. 3 and -l I secure a resilient rail seat by cutting an opening 10 in thewcb and extending from flange to flange directly under the said seat. As this opening is wider than the rail base a slight llcxurc of the top llange will take place when the rail thereon is weighted. To keep the weight of the tie down and yet secure the requisite strength at this cut out portion I prefer to reinforce the seat by placing a heavy compression spring 11 underneath thesiime, this spring being held in place by an elongated ring 12 formed in the lower flange.

In the form shown in Figs. 5 and 6, one

end of each tie section has a rectangular notelrlfi cut from the web thereof, and on ing the two sections so as to cause the ears to grip the opposite sides of'tbe rail base and secure it in position, at the same time the two sections will be drawn together due to the angular disposition of the rods.

When a weight passes over the rails they wil. slightly depress the flange 4 over the cut out portion 10 giving a cushioning elfect the same as a wooden tie.

It will of course be understood that various changes in form and detail of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention and that I wish to cover all such modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim and wish to cover by Letters Patent is J l. A metallic railway tie comprising two channel shaped members held back to back,

means for holding rails to said tie and holding said members together, a flexible rail seat formedby cutting away the web of said members under said seat, a compression spring for assisting the resiliency of said seat and means on the bottom flange for positioning said spring.

2. A metallic railway tie formed of two rolled channel shaped members, said members being placed back to back, a longitudinal central opening, flanges on opposite ends of said opening, one in each member, a connecting rod diagonally disposed through said opening, a turnbuckle in said rod,

ends of said members by removing a portion oftheweb under said seat.

4. A metallic railway tie comprising two channel shaped members placed back to back and having a central opening in each of said members, a threaded connecting means between said members, ears formed in one flange of said members, adapted to engage a rail base, a resilient seat. formed by removmg the web of said channel members under said seat.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RODOLPHUS A. ONEAL lVitnesses:

F. P. SCHROEDER, R. M. OYARZO. 

